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• Calgary juice shops surprised by the rising cost of celery

  02-05-2019 23:48
  As more and more health conscious Calgarians are jumping on the bandwagon of the benefits of drinking fresh juice to start their day, the price of a so-called superfood ingredient has been steadily increasing. Celery, the centre of a current health fad, has become the most expensive ingredient on the shopping list of Juice Because, a juice bar in the Beltline. “It hasn’t been in the past but it definitely is now. It’s over doubled in price for a case. Even compared to pineapple
  
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• Alberta Premier Kenney cleared after questions raised about MP housing expenses

  02-05-2019 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Board of Internal Economy has found that Alberta premier and former MP Jason Kenney did nothing wrong based on housing rules in place at the time.
  
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• Operation ABC aims to educate Airdrie drivers

  02-05-2019 23:09
  Aimed at educating drivers who speed through school zones, Airdrie RCMP launched Operation ABC (Always Be Cautious) on Thursday. Instead of being handed a ticket, drivers clocked going over the limit in front of Our Lady Queen of Peace School were given a special card featuring a number of points about safety on one side, and a drawing or note from a elementary-aged student on the other. “We want people to be aware of their speed because this particular area is a straightaway,” said
  
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• Lethbridge College Political Scientist Surprised at Lack of Southern Alberta UCP Cabinet Representation

  02-05-2019 22:33
  
  
  Faron Ellis says MLAs south of Calgary, and north of Edmonton, were largely left out of major cabinet appointments.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Facing Property Crime and Drug Charges

  02-05-2019 22:24
  Officers have recovered a large quantity of stolen items including a travel trailer, boat and motorcycle.
  
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• Lethbridge's Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Set to Open for the Season

  02-05-2019 21:45
  
  
  Staff say there are a number of unique experiences planned for visitors this summer.
  
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• Canada Mortgage and Housing Releases 2018 Fourth Quarter Update

  02-05-2019 21:38
  For ten straight quarters, the country's vulnerability rating has been "high" but that's now shifted to "moderate."
  
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• Costly construction forces Bearspaw Country Club out of business

  02-05-2019 21:12
  A popular golf course northwest of Calgary officially closed down for good this week, shocking a number of players who’ve played at the facility for years. Visitors to the Bearspaw Country Club, off of Crowchild Trail, were stunned earlier this week when they found the gates had been locked up, especially because the course had been open for business as usual just before Calgary’s snowstorm on Saturday. “I was really surprised and disappointed,” says Scott Stiles, a golf
  
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• Blood Tribe Police Asking for Help to Locate Missing Teen

  02-05-2019 20:53
  16 year old Neiko Morning Bird was last seen the evening of Monday, April 29 at the Youth Ranch in Standoff.
  
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• Alberta woman charged, licence suspended for driving 120 km/h over limit

  02-05-2019 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta driver had her licence suspended and has been charged after allegedly being caught going 120 km/h over the speed limit.
  
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• Female pro hockey players boycott all leagues over lack of health insurance, resources

  02-05-2019 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  The group includes players such as Team USA stars Kendall Coyne Sheffield and Hilary Knight, as well as Marie Philip-Poulin of Team Canada.
  
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• Suncor still opposed to Alberta oil cuts despite ‘slightly positive’ Q1 impact

  02-05-2019 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Suncor remains opposed to the Alberta government-ordered oil curtailments, but the company conceded the program was actually "slightly positive" for its financial results in the first quarter.
  
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• CTV Calgary lends a hammer to help out with annual Women Build event

  02-05-2019 19:57
  Over two dozen families will soon have new homes to call their very own through the support of Habitat for Humanity and a team of community-oriented women. CTV Calgary anchor Tara Nelson is among the crew that’s working alongside a number of professional contractors on a 32-unit townhouse complex in the northwest community of Silver Springs. The development will eventually be home to a number of working-class families and their children who find it difficult to achieve the goal of home own
  
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• What Canadian parents can learn from how kids play around the world

  02-05-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  In Canada, parents spend an average of about $400 per year on toys for their kids, according to a 2013 survey from Statista. However, in other parts of the world, the total is a fraction of that.
  
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• Dog Killed by Coyote in Coaldale; Residents Urged to be Cautious

  02-05-2019 19:01
  The Town of Coaldale issuing a warning after recent coyote sightings and a resident's dog was attacked and killed.
  
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• China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants, says Ottawa

  02-05-2019 18:55
  TORONTO -- China has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters, including Quebec-based Olymel LP, apparently over package mislabelling amid growing tensions between the two countries. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said administrative issues related to routine customs inspections arise periodically. She said the current suspension is limited to two processing facilities with all other approved Canadian pork processing facilities remaining eligible to export to China.
  
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• UPDATE: RCMP Investigating Graffiti on Coaldale Facilities

  02-05-2019 18:42
  Coaldale RCMP say a number of community buildings were defaced late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
  
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• RCMP Investigating Graffiti on Coaldale Facilities

  02-05-2019 18:42
  Coaldale RCMP say a number of community buildings were defaced late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
  
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• Scrabble embraces gender identity among nearly 3,000 new words

  02-05-2019 18:29
  Scrabble has embraced gender identity among the nearly 3,000 new words added to the games’ official dictionary. The makers of the classic board game were also inspired by slang, adding words including “bae”, which means someone you are romantically involved with, and social media terms like “sharenting”, the habitual sharing of news and images about one’s child. Other new words include “genderqueer”, a person with a non-traditional gender identity
  
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• Coalhurst Fire Fighters Respond to Bear Spray Incident Early Thursday

  02-05-2019 18:27
  Members of the Coalhurst Volunteer Fire Department were called out as Medical First Response after four people were attacked with bear spray.
  
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• AI tech generates entire bodies of people who don't exist

  02-05-2019 17:58
  An advanced artificial intelligence developed in Japan can now generate high-resolution, photorealistic renderings of bodies, faces, clothing and hair of people who don’t exist. The AI-generated human models are created by algorithms designed by DataGrid, a tech company housed at Japan’s Kyoto University, according to a press release translated from Japanese. DataGrid said the technology will be marketed to clothing and advertising companies, which want photogenic models but might be
  
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• Energy bills could inflame 'national unity problem in Alberta' warns Premier Kenney

  02-05-2019 17:34
  If the federal government passes two contentious energy bills, that will inflame “a growing national unity problem in Alberta,” Premier Jason Kenney warned after testifying before a senate committee in Ottawa on Thursday. Kenney is in the nation’s capital, along with provincial Energy Minister Sonya Savage, days after being sworn into office to speak against Bill C-69, which will change how major infrastructure projects are assessed and approved. He also took aim at Bill C-48,
  
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• Women's hockey stars lead walkout in bid for a stronger professional league

  02-05-2019 17:16
  Unsatisfied with their options, over 200 women say they will not play in any North American hockey league until they get the league they want. Players from both the Canadian Women's Hockey League, which shut down Wednesday, and the U.S.-based NWHL have joined the walkout. Hockey stars Marie-Philip Poulin, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Hilary Knight, Shannon Szabados, Amanda Kessel, Brianna Decker and Noora Raty were among those posting identical statements on social media Thursday declaring "we will
  
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• St. Lucia quarantines cruise ship after measles case

  02-05-2019 16:46
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Authorities in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia have quarantined a cruise ship after discovering a confirmed case of measles aboard. Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James is the island's chief medical officer. She told The Associated Press on Thursday that the ship is still in port, and no one has been allowed to leave. An official with St. Lucia's Marine Police identified the ship as Freewinds, but declined to provide their name because they were not authorized to speak
  
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• 28-year-old man suffers stroke from cracking his neck

  02-05-2019 15:59
  A man in his 20s suffered a potentially life-threatening stroke after cracking his neck. Josh Hader, 28, from Guthrie, Oklahoma tore his vertebral artery, a crucial vessel leading to the brain. “The moment I heard the pop, everything on my left side started to go numb,” Hader told KOCO 5 News in the U.S. “I got up and tried to get an ice pack from the fridge, and I remember I couldn't walk straight.” Hader’s father-in-law rushed him to the emergency room at the city
  
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• Jason Kenney calls Bill C-69 a full-frontal attack on Alberta economy

  02-05-2019 14:39 via globalnews.ca
  While speaking before the Bill C-69 Senate committee, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spoke passionately about Alberta’s frustration, saying the bill is a full-frontal attack on the province’s economic prosperity.
  
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• Jason Kenney calls Bill C-69 a full-frontal attack on Alberta economic prosperity

  02-05-2019 14:39 via globalnews.ca
  While speaking before the Bill C-69 Senate committee, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spoke passionately about Alberta’s frustration, saying the bill is a full-frontal attack on the province’s economic prosperity.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin to step back from 15 countries, swear off fixed-price bids in mining

  02-05-2019 14:26
  MONTREAL -- The head of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. said it will scale down its operations in 15 countries and swear off bidding on fixed-price contracts in the mining industry as it reported a loss in its latest quarter. "We remain confident that we can deliver our 2019 outlook, despite being disappointed with our first-quarter performance," Neil Bruce said in a statement Thursday. "We will be focusing on our core geographies and are removing unprofitable revenues across 15 countries where we have s
  
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• Jason Kenney calls environment assessment bill a threat to national unity

  02-05-2019 13:28 via globalnews.ca
  Jason Kenney will meet face-to-face today with the political foe he attacked relentlessly in his successful bid to become Alberta's premier: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  
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• Beyond Meat IPO: Can plant-based meats save the planet, and turn a profit?

  02-05-2019 13:02
  Beyond Meat is ready for more. The El Segundo, California-based maker of plant-based burgers and sausages made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange Thursday. It's the first pure-play maker of vegan "meat" to go public, according to Renaissance Capital, which researches and tracks IPOs. Beyond Meat raised about $240 million selling 9.6 million shares at $25 each. That values the company at about $1.5 billion. The 10-year-old company has attracted celebrity investors like Microsoft co-founder Bi
  
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• Beyond Meat goes public as sales of plant-based meats rise

  02-05-2019 13:02
  Beyond Meat is ready for more. The El Segundo, California-based maker of plant-based burgers and sausages will make its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange Thursday. It's the first pure-play maker of vegan "meat" to go public, according to Renaissance Capital, which researches and tracks IPOs. Beyond Meat raised about US$240 million selling 9.6 million shares at $25 each. That values the company at about $1.5 billion. The 10-year-old company has attracted celebrity investors like Microsoft co-fou
  
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• Newly identified Leonardo portrait on show in London

  02-05-2019 12:47
  A 500-year-old sketch of a bearded man was on Thursday revealed to be one of only two surviving portraits of Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci made during his lifetime. The drawing, believed to have been made by an assistant, is part of the Royal Collection and will be displayed in an exhibition at Buckingham Palace marking 500 years since Leonardo's death. It was a quick sketch on a double-sided sheet of studies, most of them made by the Florentine master himself of a horse's leg, in anticip
  
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• Ahead of Trudeau meeting, Kenney calls assessment bill a threat to unity

  02-05-2019 11:24
  OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says if the federal bill overhauling environmental assessments passes in its current form it will threaten Canadian unity and there will be "an immediate constitutional challenge." Kenney is at the Senate energy committee this morning to talk about Bill C-69, which he calls the "no more pipelines" bill. He is telling the committee the bill flagrantly violates Alberta's constitutional right to regulate its natural resources. The legislation establishes a new
  
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• Strategist questions motive behind Instagram's decision to conceal ‘like’ count

  02-05-2019 06:42
  As Instagram embarks on an experiment where video view counts and the number of likes a post garners are no longer visible to followers, some are left to question what truly prompted the move. “Facebook and Instagram have been making a lot of changes in 2018 and 19,” explained Karen Richards, a senior social networking strategist at Mount Royal University. “They claim it’s around privacy, trying to make the accounts more private for its users. I’m a little skeptical
  
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• Correction: Ex-TCU Star-Girlfriend Assaulted story - Lethbridge News Now

  02-05-2019 04:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Correction: Ex-TCU Star-Girlfriend Assaulted story  Lethbridge News NowFORT WORTH, Texas — In a story April 29 about former TCU receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, The Associated ...
  
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• Higher prices and volumes credited as Suncor Energy beats estimates with a $1.47B profit

  02-05-2019 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting first-quarter net income that beat analyst expectations thanks to higher oil prices, record downstream results, more oilsands production and a $264-million insurance gain on its assets in Libya.
  
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• Private search planned for plane that disappeared in 2017

  02-05-2019 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  Family members of a couple who went missing while flying from Lethbridge to Kamloops in 2017 are hoping a renewed search for the small private plane near Kimberley, B.C. will solve the mystery of Alex Simons and Sydney Robillard’s disappearance.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: May 1

  02-05-2019 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Wednesday, May 1, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Calgary’s Bearspaw Country Club ceases operations

  02-05-2019 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  Prominent private Calgary golf course Bearspaw Country Club has ceased operations.
  
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• The Watch hits the streets in downtown Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  02-05-2019 02:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  The Watch hits the streets in downtown Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – One of the new programs that the Lethbridge Police *Service* is rolling out to help deal with the drug crisis in downtown is now patrolling the ...
  
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• How will Lethbridge’s curbside recycling program fare in Canada’s changing industry? - Global News

  02-05-2019 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  How will Lethbridge’s curbside recycling program fare in Canada’s changing industry?  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: The recycling industry is quickly changing in Canada as outside markets become less accepting of low-quality products, but will that affect the ...
  
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• How will Lethbridge’s curbside recycling program fare in Canada’s changing industry?

  02-05-2019 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  It has been a long wait for Lethbridge residents to receive their blue bins as the curbside recycling program finally rolls out this month.
  
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• High-tech, sustainable shrimp farm opens in Alberta

  02-05-2019 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Fresh shrimp in landlocked Alberta is now a reality thanks to a high-tech, sustainable operation near Strathmore.
  
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• High-tech, sustainable shrimp farm in Alberta ready for first harvest

  02-05-2019 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Fresh shrimp in landlocked Alberta is now a reality thanks to a high-tech, sustainable operation near Strathmore.
  
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• Car-hopping, reflection-admiring wild turkey makes itself at home in Ramsay

  02-05-2019 01:30
  Residents of a southeast neighbourhood have welcomed an unexpected visitor this week as a wild turkey has been roaming the community. “Nobody’s really complained about it,” said Erin Joslin, vice-president of the Ramsay Community Association. "It’s just been more of an entertainment thing.” First reports of a wild turkey in Ramsay emerged more than a week ago and questions were raised when a resident posted a photo of it on the community’s Facebook page. &ldqu
  
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• Balancing Alberta’s budget by 2022 will require tough choices on spending, taxes: economist

  02-05-2019 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  According to economist Trevor Tombe, balancing the budget by 2022 could work, but Alberta's new government would likely have to either implement a sales tax or make major cuts to spending.
  
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• Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach scratched - Lethbridge News Now

  02-05-2019 01:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach scratched  Lethbridge News NowLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Favourite Omaha Beach was scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem Wednesday night. Trainer Richard ...
  
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• Measures sought to help protect wildlife crossing Highway 1 outside Banff

  02-05-2019 01:09
  A group of concerned residents and conservationists are seeking changes to some of the wilderness areas outside Banff National Park to help keep drivers and animals safe on the Trans-Canada Highway. Cinthia Nemoto, who lives in Canmore, was driving through the area on Sunday when she saw the aftermath of a serious crash involving a number of elk and a semi-tractor-trailer. “We saw the seven elk dead on the highway plus the semi-truck that hit them,” she says. “It’s not un
  
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• Budget office: Caveats to government-run health system - Lethbridge News Now

  02-05-2019 00:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Budget office: Caveats to government-run health system  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON - Congressional budget experts said Wednesday that moving to a government-run health care system li...
  
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• Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help - Lethbridge News Now

  02-05-2019 00:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help  Lethbridge News NowJUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska marijuana regulators expressed frustration Wednesday with the limited co-operation they say they're receiving with investigations ...
  
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